Make a chart in which you
list primary characteristics of each of the following characters:Mrs. Hopewell, Mrs. Freeman, Joy/Hulga, Manley Pointer.Use the questions below to guide your sketch
of each character. You may divide into
groups of 2 or 3 do this assignment

1.How significant are the names O’Connor gives
these characters?Do the names suggest
something literal or ironic about the characters?

2.How are the characters described in the
story? Cite specific evidence from the text to support your findings.To thoroughly analyze the characters,
consider the

following:

A.Physical
appearance

B.Social status

C.Personality
traits? Do any of these traits change throughout the course of the

story?

D.Diction--How
does dialogue/dialect contribute to character? How do these characters interact
with each other?

E.Religious
beliefs and personal ideologies

F.Are any images
directly linked to specific characters?

G.Are any of the
characters similar in any way?

3.
Ultimately, Flannery O’Connor reveals through the characters in this story the
irony ofher title “Good Country
People.”Are any of these characters
actually good

country people?And if so, why?How would each character define “good country
people”?Do any of these definitions
change throughout the course of the story?